Poets Trivia Quizzes

Let ten well-known poets and paintings that go with their poems take you through the seasons. Have a happy year!

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron, took a Grand Tour from 1809-11 that noticeably broke from tradition. The war on the Continent meant that the usual stops had to be avoided. See if you can identify the stops on his tour based on the sights he viewed.

Can you put these ten Poets Laureate in the correct order, from the first to hold the post to the most recent?

Poet's Corner in London's Westminster Abbey is the final resting place for some of England's greatest poets, novelists, playwrights, musicians and actors. I will give you a description of an individual buried there; you name them.

Long-cherished as a man "so giftedly bad that he backed unwittingly into genius", William McGonagall was so much more than just the world's worst poet.

I describe a famous, English-language poet published since 1900. You match the description to a name. These had a gentle, if radical touch. (Look for the hints if you are new to poetry).

Sometimes, fact is stranger than fiction, and just as interesting. Name the poet from the biographical clues given. Many clues contain allusions to the poets' works, so you need not be a biographer to play!

Here are ten famous American poets I hope you've read. Have fun!

This is the first quiz on FunTrivia focusing on the life and career of Taras Shevchenko, the national bard of Ukraine, widely known as "Kobzar", after the title of his first poetry collection. Enjoy!

We have read their works, marveled at their talent and sighed at their exquisite verses. But how much do we know about them?